Saturday Feb. 24

Awards Banquet

Come celebrate the success of students and teachers as the Awards Banquet. The evening starts with a dinner served by University Catering, continues with an address from a keynote speaker, and ends with student and teacher awards. Purchase tickets on the ENGR third floor for $2.00.

Parker Space Probe
Dr. Nicola Fox shares with us her mission to touch the sun and the incredible journey she and her team has taken thus far.

Alumni Social

Alumni Social is an event where people can come to ask USU graduates about their experience in the workplace and what is important to do now to ensure a good career in the future.

Beta Bowl

Teams compete in a JEOPARDY format tournament. Each round consist answering questions from categories such as math, science, art, music, and humanities. Harder questions earn more points. The team with the most points wins the round, and the competition continues in a single-elimination tournament.

Official Rules

Teams may consist of 1 to 3 persons. All team members must be engineering students. Two teams compete at a time. Three teams may compete at once if there are many teams in the competition.

The game board will consist of six categories with five questions in each category. More difficult questions are worth more points. Point values will range from 100 to 500 points. There will be two “Daily Doubles.” The team uncovering a daily double will be able to wager the team’s current score on the question.

The final round will consist of two rounds of questions. All other rounds will have only one set of questions

There is a time limit of 15 minutes for each round, or until all questions have been used, whichever comes first. The team with the most points at the end of the round is the winner and advances to the next round.

After the question is read, there will be a 10 second time limit for someone to ring in. The team ringing in must have the answer within 5 seconds. An incorrect answer results in deduction of the question point value from the team’s score.

Participants are allowed a writing utensil and paper.

The decision of the judge is final.

Sign Up
Come to event with your team.

Time and Place
Friday, Feb 23 | 12:30 pm | ENGR 3rd Floor

List of prizes

Place

Prize

1st Place

HP Sprocket Plus Printers

2nd Place

To be announced

3rd Place

To be announced

Breakfast Snack

The Dean and his office sponsor a breakfast for Students of the College

SWE: Calculator Quick Draw

Compete against students to see who can solve a calculator problem the fastest--and get the right answer.

Official Rules

Competitors are seated at a table with their calculators in front of them. When the question is displayed, competitors find the answer with their calculator.

When a participant believes they have the correct answer, they place their calculator on the table, and throw both hands in the air.

If a participant wants change their answer after throwing their arms in the air, they must forfeit their current placement.

After everyone has finished, the first person to get the right answer will get 3 points, 2nd will get 2, and 3rd will get 1 point.

Soldering Workshop

IEEE is hosting a walk-in open house type soldering workshop. Come learn different soldering techniques and tools available in the Engineering Idea Factory such as soldering irons, solder pasting, pick-n-place machine, solder wick, soldering tweezers, etc.

IEEE Spaceteam

The IEEE Spaceteam competition is a four person team competition where teams work together to fly a spaceship. The team that flies the farthest without exploding will be victorious. Using smartphones as the spaceship consoles, teams will control their ship to avoid black holes, asteroids, the gravitational pull of the sun, and other perilous space dangers.

Official Rules

Teams of 4 people

Each team member must have their own phone

Download the App Space Team for more gameplay rules

How to Sign Up
Meet on the 3rd floor of the Engineering building

Time and Place
Wednesday, Feb 21 | 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

List of prizes

Place

Prize

1st Place

BeagleBones

2nd Place

Chick-Fil-A gift cards

3rd Place

Crumbl

Steel Bridge and WEAU: Mini Boat Race

Build and launch tiny sailboats in a tank, and compete against other participants to see who can build the fastest most consistent boat. There is a team competition bracket and singles competition bracket.

Official Rules

Sign Up
No signup required. Show up.

Time and Place
Thur Feb 22 | ENGR Atrium | 12-2pm

Prizes

Place

Prize

1st Place

$25.00 Prize

2nd Place

$15.00 Prize

3rd Place

$10.00 Prize

Lightning Talks

Come learn from industry leaders from various engineering fields about their career journeys. Be inspired while they explain why they chose to get a STEM degree and what they are doing with it today. Food will be provided. Hosted by SWE.

Lunch by the Dean

The Dean and his office sponsor a lunch for Students of the College

Science and Engineering Day (SHPE)

Science and Engineering day is an opportunity for children in 4th to 8th grade to come to USU and participate in several STEM activities and learn about what can be achieved in Engineering.

Technical Writing Competition

Submit a technical document written for a class project/assignment or student competition. Individual and team documents accepted. One submission per person/team

Official Rules
Submit a pdf technical document to ewc@usu.edu written for a class project/assignment or student competition. Individual and team documents accepted. One submission per person/team

How to Sign Up
Email documents to: ewc@usu.edu (must be in pdf format)

Time and Place
Electronic Submissions Due Friday, February 23, by 5:00 p.m.

List of prizes

Place

Prize

1st Place

$100.00

2nd Place

$75.00

3rd Place

$50.00

Additional Information
Winners will be notified the week of February 26.